Why does chemotherapy cure Hodgkin's lymphoma?

Chemo for Hodgkin lymphoma combines several drugs because different drugs kill cancer cells in different ways. The combinations used to treat Hodgkin lymphoma are often referred to by abbreviations. read more

Chemo drugs enter the bloodstream and travel throughout the body to reach and destroy cancer cells wherever they may be. Chemo is the main treatment for most people with Hodgkin lymphoma (other than some people with nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma , or NLPHL). Sometimes chemo is followed by radiation therapy. read more

The cure rates of Hodgkins lymphoma are high with chemotherapy because the cancer cells involved are unusually sensitive to the treatment regimens and when exposed to several rounds of treatment, have enough DNA synthesis disruption that they die instead of replicate during cell division. read more

Chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma Chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma often consists of giving several drugs together in a set regimen. Because each medication destroys tumor cells in a different way, a combination of drugs may make the cells more vulnerable to treatment. read more